UN Child Rights Committee to review Bahrain, Turkmenistan, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, and Armenia

GENEVA - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 26 August to 13 September, during which it will review country reports by Turkmenistan, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, and Armenia.

The five countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention, its Optional Protocols, as well as the Committee's previous recommendations.

The Committee will additionally assess Bahrain for its initial reports under the Optional Protocols on, respectively, the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC) and the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC).

The CRC, which has received the respective States reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the States delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

Bahrain
27 August 15:00 – 18:00
28 August 10:00 – 13:00

Turkmenistan
28 August 15:00 – 18:00
29 August 10:00 – 13:00

Mexico
30 August 10:00 - 13:00
30 August 15:00 - 17:00

Argentina
2 September 15:00 – 18:00
3 September 11:00 – 13:00

Israel
3 September 15:00 – 18:00
4 September 10:00 – 13:00

Armenia
4 September 15:00 – 18:00
5 September 10:00 – 13:00

The above public dialogues will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Hall, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page.